[EL] ELB News and Commentary 4/24/15

Rick Hasen rhasen at law.uci.edu
Fri Apr 24 07:36:05 PDT 2015 

    Shuster muscled through transportation bill pushed by lobbyist
    girlfriend” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71994>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:24 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71994>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico reports. 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/bill-shuster-transportation-bill-lobbyist-girlfriend-117302.html#ixzz3YE2TLV5k>

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    “How Judges Evaluated Reforms at Democracy Slam 2015″
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71992>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:20 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71992>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

FairVote 
<http://www.fairvote.org/research-and-analysis/blog/judges-weigh-in-during-final-slam-at-democracy-slam-2015/>.

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=63>,campaign finance 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=10>,primaries 
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    ” Wait … What? Agency Advising Calif. Governor on Payments to
    Counties Proposes Moving to VBM to Save Money”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71990>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:18 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71990>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

A ChapinBlog. 
<http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/electionacademy/2015/04/wait_what_agency_advising_cali.php>

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    We May See a New Flood of Foreign Money in Ballot Measure Elections
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71988>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:16 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71988>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Bloomberg BNA 
<http://news.bna.com/mpdm/MPDMWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=67469849&vname=mpebulallissues&jd=a0g5q3z5g1&split=0>:

    The Federal Election Commission has dismissed—on a deadlocked
    party-line vote—charges that Manwin International, a foreign company
    producing online pornography, violated the law by bankrolling a
    campaign committee opposed to a Los Angeles ballot measure requiring
    the use of condoms in video sex scenes.
    According to documents released April 23, the FEC’s three Republican
    commissioners voted to dismiss the case, supporting recommendations
    from the agency general counsel’s office.
    An FEC counsel’s report
    <http://eqs.fec.gov/eqsdocsMUR/15044372921.pdf>concluded that a
    broad federal ban on foreign contributions in U.S. elections didn’t
    apply to ballot measure elections.
    The three FEC commissioners holding Democratic seats on the FEC
    voted to pursue enforcement action in the case.

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    “Candidate Clinton and the Foundation”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71986>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:14 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71986>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

NYT Editorial 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/opinion/candidate-clinton-and-the-foundation.html?ref=opinion&_r=0>:

    It’s an axiom in politics that money always creates important
    friendships, influence and special consideration. Wise politicians
    recognize this danger and work to keep it at bay. When she announced
    her candidacy, Mrs. Clinton resigned from the foundation board (Bill
    Clinton remains on the board). This was followed by the announcement
    of tighter foundation restrictions on donations from foreign
    countries, which had resumed after she left the State Department.

    These half steps show that candidate Clinton is aware of the
    complications she and Bill Clinton have created for themselves. She
    needs to do a lot more, because this problem is not going away.

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of interest laws <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=20>


    “Are the Clintons too cozy with the people who give them money?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71984>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71984>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

WaPo reports. 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/do-the-clintons-have-an-ethical-blind-spot-when-it-comes-to-their-donors/2015/04/23/24f8e74c-e9bb-11e4-9a6a-c1ab95a0600b_story.html>

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    “Charles Koch: We’re not in politics to boost our bottom line”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71982>

Posted onApril 24, 2015 7:12 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71982>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Fascinating interview 
<http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/04/23/charles-koch-interview-republican-president-primaries/25936305/>with 
Fredreka Schouten.

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    Worries Jeb Bush Super PAC Strategy Legally Risky
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71980>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 5:11 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71980>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Politico: 
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/jeb-bush-2016-fundraising-117304.html>

    Bush’s reluctance to declare himself a candidate or even that he’s
    exploring a run, which enables him to sidestep campaign finance
    rules, allows him to continue raising unlimited sums of money for
    the super PAC, which could have its own policy shop and serve as the
    primary message machine, walled off from Bush himself and his actual
    campaign.

    “There’s a worry that this is setting them up for a number of legal
    challenges,” a Florida-based donor said. “There’s some freedom
    allowed by this but there’s also a lot of arrogance because, even if
    they think they’re on firm legal ground, we all know the intent of
    the law is not to have presidential campaigns being run out of a
    super PAC. It’s untested, it’s risky — there’s that chance that it
    blows up, that some unforeseen legal challenge actually sticks.

    “And the optics are horrible. If he wins the nomination this way,
    Democrats will seize on the tactics as evidence that Jeb Bush thinks
    he can play by his own rules. It’s the same playbook we’re trying to
    run against Hillary, which would be out the window.”

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    “Elections, Meet Academia; Academia, Meet Elections”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71978>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 3:55 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71978>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in this month’s “The Canvass 
<http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/states-and-election-reform-the-canvass-april-2015.aspx>,” 
from NCSL.

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    Ferguson on Bauer on Gilbert and Barnes on Coordination and
    Corruption in Campaign Finance <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71976>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 12:40 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71976>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Here. <https://www.brennancenter.org/blog/response-bauer>

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    WI Unsurprisingly Rejects Automatic Voter Registration
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71974>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 12:37 pm 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71974>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Last item. 
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/legislatures-budget-committee-to-discuss-scott-walkers-proposals-b99486281z1-300917691.html>

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<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=18>,The Voting Wars 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=60>


    “The GOP presidential primary: A brawl of billionaires?”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71972>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 10:09 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71972>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Paul Waldman 
writes<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/04/23/the-gop-presidential-primary-a-brawl-of-billionaires/>for 
The Plum Line.

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    “Online Voter Registration Numbers Grow”
    <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71970>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 10:07 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71970>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

That’s the lead story in this week’sElectionline Weekly 
<http://www.electionline.org/index.php/electionline-weekly>.

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    CCP Responds to Reform Groups on IRS “49% Approach” to Social
    Welfare Organizations <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71968>

Posted onApril 23, 2015 8:45 am 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71968>byRick Hasen 
<http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>

Following up onthis post <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=71520>,see here. 
<http://www.campaignfreedom.org/2015/04/22/%EF%BF%BC%EF%BF%BC%EF%BF%BC%EF%BF%BCstandards-for-tax-exemption-for-social-welfare-organizations/>

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